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A straight-14 engine (also known as a inline-14 engine) is a fourteen-cylinder piston engine with all fourteen cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase. This design results in a very long engine, therefore it has only been used as marine propulsion engines in large ships.
The only straight-14 engine known to reach production is part of the Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C family of 6-cylinder to 14-cylinder two-stroke marine engines. This engine is used in the Emma Mærsk , which was the world's largest container ship when it was built in 2006. The engine produces 80,080 kW (107,390 hp) and displaces 25,340 L (1,546,342 in3), has a bore of 960 mm (38 in) and a stroke of 2,500 mm (98 in). The engine is 27.3 m (90 ft) long, 13.5 m (44 ft) high and weighs 2,300 t (2,535 short tons). [1]
